Improvement in bee-hives



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THOMAS R. ALLEN, or s-YRAcUsE, New vonk,

Letters Patent No. 84,788,',datcd December 8, 1 868. v I

IMPRovEMENT 1N BEE-Elves.

The Schedule referred to in vthese Letters Patent and making of the same.

To all whom 'it 'mwy concern g Be it known that I, THOMAS R. ALLEN, of the city of Syracuse, Onondaga county, New York, vhave invented a new and improved Bee-Hive; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction of the same, and the form thereof, when complete and ready for use, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this speciri'cation, wherein- Figure l representsA the outside covering of the beehive.

Figure `2 represents the interior frame-work, with the I top and side covering removed.

Figure 3 represents the side covering removed from I the bee-hive.

The letters usedrepresent corresponding parts wherej I ever they occur.

. To enable others skilled in the art to make 'and .use

my invention, I will proceed to describe the same, and

It is better to ,make the frame-holders of cast-iron,

although they may be made of wood or any suitable metallic substance, and at the top of the frame-holders I make notches, n n n, to receive the main beams of the comb-,haines and on the inside of the lower part I make studs s s s,with openings between them, to receive the comb-frames.

The comb-frames are made of Wood, in the common form, with a main beam, b b, side pieces p p, and a crosspiece at the bottom, o'o. l

The side pieces p p should be made 'so as to loosely lit in the spaces between the studs Is s, for convenience in'handling, but not so loose as to give them any side or swinging motion.

The outside cover or shell C is made so that there will be a place for ingressrand egress for the bees at E and j, and the. top covering D will be madeso as to fit over the outside shell or cover C, and thus keep out the wind and rain, and rests upon the moulding m.

I thus construct a bee-hive in all respects firm and strong, and which can readily be taken apart for any purpose that may be desired, and the comb-frames can easily bev removed, without-:injury to themselves orto the bees.

What I 'claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-V l'. The frame-holders F F separately, and'also in Y combination with the sills a a, substantially as vand for the purposes described.

2. Also, the sameparts, in combination with lthe comb-frames cc', substantially as described, and inde'- pendent of and detachedom the outside covering G D 3.- in combination with the outer covering C and top D, as set forth. T. R. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

N. B. SMITH, C. W. SMITH.

.Also, the Jdarne-holder F, constructed as described, l 

